42º43N 71º10W, pop (2000e) 72 000. City in Essex Co, NE Massachusetts, USA; located on the R Merrimack in the Merrimack Valley, 40 km/25 mi N of Boston; gained city status, 1853; birthplace of Leonard Bernstein and Ernest Lawrence Thayer; railway; historic mill buildings along the river; textiles, paper, plastics, rubber, leather.
Lawrence may refer to:
Geography
Lawrence, Indiana Lawrence, Kansas Lawrence, Massachusetts Lawrence, Michigan Lawrence, New York Lawrence, New Zealand Lawrence, Wisconsin Lawrence Township, Minnesota Lawrence Township, New
Jersey Lawrence Township, Pennsylvania
Education
Amos Adams Lawrence (1814-1886), abolitionist and founder of the University of Kansas Lawrence Academy at Groton, a preparatory school in Groton, Massachusetts Lawrence Technological
University, a university in Southfield, Michigan Lawrence University, a liberal arts college in Appleton, Wisconsin Sarah Lawrence College, a liberal arts college in Yonkers, New York St.
Lawrence University, a college in Canton, New York
Christianity
Saint Lawrence (died 258), a Roman Catholic saint William A. Lawrence, the 7th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts William Appleton Lawrence, 3rd Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese
of Western Massachusetts
Politics
Amos Lawrence (1786-1852), Massachusetts philanthropist and politician John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence (1811-79), British statesman William Lawrence (35th Congress), member of the United
States House of Representatives from the 17th District of Ohio William Lawrence (Ohio), Republican politician from Ohio
Artistry
Don Lawrence (1928-2003), British comic book artist Doug Lawrence, a comic and voice talent Frederick William Lawrence (1890- ? Lawrence (1888-1935), British soldier and author
Military
George St. Patrick Lawrence (1804-84), English soldier Henry Montgomery Lawrence (1806-57) British soldier James Lawrence (1781-1813), American naval officer and hero Lawrence Joel
(1928-1984), American war hero Stringer Lawrence (1697-1775), English soldier William Lawrence (Massachusetts), the son of American Revolutionary Samuel Lawrence William P. Lawrence, officer in
the United States Navy USS Lawrence (1813), one of two 493-ton Niagara-class brigs built at Erie, Pennsylvania USS Lawrence (1843), brig in the United States Navy USS Lawrence (DD-250),
Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II USS Lawrence (DD-8), destroyer in the United States Navy USS Lawrence (DDG-4), Charles F. Texas, the United States Supreme
Court case barring the criminalization of sodomy Stephen Lawrence (1974-1993), British murder victim
Music
Doug Lawrence (jazz) (born 1956), jazz saxophonist with Count Basie Orchestra Lawrence Hayward, singer with Felt, Denim and Go Kart Mozart
American community founding
Abbott Lawrence (1792-1855), noted merchant and founder of Lawrence, Massachusetts Orange Lawrence, founder of Orangeville, Ontario
Business
George Newbold Lawrence (1806-1895), American businessman and amateur ornithologist Lawrence E.
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